The next building to complete will be the Xiqu Centre, a Chinese operahouse designed by Bing Thom Architects, which is scheduled to open in 2018. This will be followed by a series of theatre spaces for outdoor festival Freespace.

Masterplanned by Foster + Partners, the West Kowloon Cultural District will eventually comprise 17 new cultural venues

M+ is scheduled to open in 2019, becoming one of the largest museums of visual culture in the world. Its main focus will be Asian art, design, architecture and film from the 20th and 21st centuries.

Ahead of the museum's opening, the M+ Pavilion will stage a series of shows displaying objects from its collection. Its inaugural exhibition will be a new commission from Hong Kong artist Tsang Kin-Wah, opening in September.

M+ is scheduled to open in 2019, becoming one of the largest museums of visual culture in the world. The building is designed by Herzog & de Meuron

After the museum has opened, the pavilion will be made available to the city's creative communities for exhibitions and events.

"Although this facility is modest in scale, its completion marks a significant milestone in the development of this major cultural undertaking in Hong Kong," said Carrie Lam, chairman of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority.

"We will continue to develop the WKCD into a world-class art and cultural hub where everyone may relax, be inspired and enjoy an extraordinary cultural experience."